14
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Public dumps for mathoverflow?
Just to bump this question: StackExchange Inc. turned off the periodic network-wide data dump earlier this year, and it can apparently only be resumed with permission from very high in the company. I ...
11
votes
Should there be a banner with some basic info about MO in the right sidebar?
Here is one possible suggestion what the text in the banner could look like - it is based on the first bullet point from the text displayed to the first-time askers.
MathOverflow is a site for ...
10
votes
All these invalid weblinks
I think that many people around here are aware of problems with dead links and they do their best to help. (And the same is true about many other sites on the Stack Exchange network.)
One thing is ...
9
votes
Accepted
Is there a way to download all your contributions?
Ok, actually, this was very easy. Thanks to Martin for the links. I have created my first data explorer query and it does what I wanted. Now I have a CSV file with everything I've ever written on ...
9
votes
Request for improvements to the citation bibtex format
Aside from these cosmetic issues, there are actual serious problems with the BibTeX citation button that are actual bugs: it mangles author names (and post titles, I presume, though I haven’t tested ...
8
votes
Request for improvements to the citation bibtex format
On a technical front
urldate formatting
urldate should not be formatted the way Joel suggests
For compatibility with ...
7
votes
Procedure for requesting a complete removal from MathOverflow
This is a community-wiki summary of some of the comments.
First, a few preliminary clarifications. The MathOverflow corporation is completely independent from Stack Exchange so we should not to ...
Community wiki
7
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Using mathoverflow as a blog
My suggestions on how to deal with this behavior, possibly opinionated:
While some basic motivation for questions is expected, 'editorializing' in the way that you state is bad. Voting to close as &...
6
votes
Accepted
Could MO use a minus sign for negative numbers?
Adapted from a comment of mine: yes, it is technically in MO's power.
The agreement between MO and SE states that the MO team can customize the look and feel of the site with additional Javascript, as ...
5
votes
Citation helper: can we have it automatically convert \(...\)s into \$...\$s?
I think the problem has something to do with the MathJax Configuration at mathoverflow:
...
5
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Why isn't "Nobody has answered" on the multiple-choice list of reasons for a bounty?
I am fine with the current wording. Is that really attention, if no one cared enough to write a full answer? Comments in the Stack Exchange system are meant to be a way to suggest improvements to the ...
4
votes
Is there a way to download all your contributions?
There is already a fine answer - this is just a minor addition. Some people might prefer Markdown for the posts rather than HTML. The other query uses Body from the ...
4
votes
Writing personal notes on specific questions
As discussed in the comments, this isn't exactly what you're looking for, but it is an existing functionality (since October 2022), so it is probably worth mentioning.
You can use saves to mark ...
3
votes
Writing personal notes on specific questions
There are browser extensions that let you add notes to any web page. This could be a workaround.
3
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Request for improvements to the citation bibtex format
I disagree with some of your requests.
It's true, that you and me and many others on the site, are using our real names (or at least the names that appear on our publications). Others do not. If I am ...
3
votes
Feature: Making the MO-guidelines visible while editing questions?
This is based on the information in the modal window which was created here: What should the modal window for first-time askers say?
The answer is a community wiki - feel free to edit it further, if ...
Community wiki
2
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Feature: Making the MO-guidelines visible while editing questions?
After a recent influx of questions "here is the jpg to my homework", I thought I should get the ball rolling and post one suggested list based on https://mathoverflow.net/help/on-topic and ...
Community wiki
2
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Feature: Making the MO-guidelines visible while editing questions?
At Martin Sleziak's suggestion, I am posting a previous comment, now somewhat extended/detailed, as an answer:
To me,
the most vexing problem with questions is that many of them are
poorly stated:
...
Community wiki
2
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Creating theories-of-arithmetic logic tag
I realize that I am coming late to this discussion, but I am not happy with the tag situation regarding models of PA.
Currently I feel there is no suitable tag for questions about models of PA. This ...
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